2007-03-23 15:14:32 · 4 answers · asked by dr.macgruder 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
There are different theories about the origins of the word ska. Guitarist Ernest Ranglin said the offbeat guitar scratching that he and other musicians played was referred to as "skat! skat! skat!". Some believe that bassist Cluet Johnson coined the term ska when explaining the ya-ya sound of the music amd rhythm. This may be because he greeted his friends with the word skavoovie, perhaps imitating American hipsters of the era. Johnson and the Blues Blasters were Coxsone Dodd's house band in the 1950s and early 1960s before the rise of the Skatalites.
2007-03-23 15:24:16 · answer #1 · answered by TaniaCardenas 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Popular music orginized in Jamaica in the 1960s,having elements of Rhythm and blues,jazz,and calypso and marked by a fast tempo and a strongly accented offbeat.
2007-03-23 22:29:55 · answer #2 · answered by James S55$$ where I give you ME. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
eh... the origins are kinda... disputed
1) some guy used to say "skavoovie" to his friends (kinda like yo or hey) - i think skavoovie was a band too...?
2) it also sounds like "sky" (like being high as the sky lol)
3) off-beat guitars that sound like "scat scat" or ska ska
4) the "ya ya", "ka ka", or "ska ska" sound of the syncopated rhythm
5) Steel-pan and CAlypso music (acronym)
6) another acronym but with CArribean?
yeah i dunno exactly though.
2007-03-23 22:22:09 · answer #3 · answered by DarkAardvark 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think skatter not too sure though
2007-03-23 22:17:10 · answer #4 · answered by jojo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋